For his 41st (not counting those unreleased treasures constantly teased but not yet heard) studio album, Neil Young headed to the Studio In The Clouds, almost two miles above sea level in the Colorado Rockies. You know that if Young…
Ten years previously, George Wallace infamously stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama in a doomed bid to prevent two black students from enrolling. Now here was Neil Young, on stage at the school’s auditorium in 1973, breaking…
There was a time when it seemed like Neil Young could hardly help but be brilliant. Quite a long time, in fact. New music poured out of him at an incredible rate, so much of it that he cast aside…
A friend sent me this link today, just as a treat, because he knows it’s my favourite song ever. How can I not share?
Neil Young began his UK and Ireland tour on Sunday night in Glasgow, and given Laura Marling is supporting him throughout we figured this was a fitting one for today. Marling has said she learned guitar strumming along to this…
In the 40 years since America’s all-time favourite supergroup embarked on a massive stadium tour all four members have led us to a perception which at face value makes this vast compendium – available in one-disc, four-disc, and uber-box-set form…
Still got money to burn after reading part one of our shopping guide? Then step this way. We’ll help you spend it. PLEASE NOTE: The prices are the ones we’ve been given – but please don’t blame us if things…
Way back in 1970, a 24-year-old Neil Young poured the fruits of his early successes into buying what he called the Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California. The considerable tract of land came complete with a lake, the barn where…
Named after a National song? Only been together a year and already supported Elbow? Seems like Manchester band The Slow Show have got it all worked out already, doesn’t it? But before they hit the big time, the FFS New…
This week Brian’s been completely and utterly unaffected by the volcanic ash cloud. He’s not even been subject to a light dusting, the lucky bird. He has, however, been following the news with avid interest and has concluded that all…
